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17th June 2024
Eco Buildings Group
plc
(the "Company" or the
"Group")
Eco
Factory in Albania fully automated and operational
Yields
Significant Improvements in Productivity, Reduced Cycle Times and
Increase in Operating Efficiency
Eco
Buildings Group Limited (AIM: ECOB), the UK-listed modular housing company, after a lengthy process
of innovation and equipment and software upgrades, announces that
it has now achieved fully automated production at its Albanian
facility. This is a significant enhancement for the
production line. The fully automated production line not only
delivers walls of the highest-ever quality and consistency, but
equally, does so at significantly higher output per day than
previously achieved. Production time has been reduced by 33%
thus increasing operating efficiency.
A single production line is now
capable of producing over 177,000 sqm of GFRG glass fibre
reinforced gypsum) walls per year - enough to deliver768 houses a
year based on a standard 60 sqm two story flat roof detached house
plan.
These improvements have been
achieved through incorporating new technology into the production
process and a rigorous engineering overhaul of every component.
This has yielded a reduction in cycle-time to produce a wall,
vastly improved panel quality standards and increased operational
efficiency and cost reduction. This upgrade will improve
revenue and profit projections for the current production line in
Albania, now and into the future. It will also increase the
Company's store of Intellectual Property. These innovations will be
incorporated into further production lines as they are installed
and as the Company expands into new markets such as the Republic of
Chile.
Sanjay Bowry, CEO, Eco Buildings said, "The process to get our production line, in Durres, to
this stage of fully automated continuous production has been
challenging and was achieved due to the outstanding skills and
innovation of our local teams. It has resulted in a significant
upgrade in productivity, efficiency and output. Additionally, we
have added to our IP and further differentiated ourselves from the
competition. The developments made in our software systems, which
will drive productivity, efficiency and increase production pushing
out the need for a second line in Durres. In addition, it is
important to stress that these improvements will now be
standardised in all our subsequent production lines. I'd like
to thank all stakeholders for their patience as we have innovated
our production facility to fully automated production and look
forward to now significantly accelerating our outreach to the
market as the Company delivers into its existing contracts and
enters new markets that are already identified."
Further information is available on
Eco Buildings website: www.eco-buildings.net
For more information
contact:
Eco
Buildings Group plc
Sanjay Bowry, Chief Executive
Officer
Fiona Hadfield, Finance
Director
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Tel: +44 (0) 207 380 0999
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Spark Advisory Partners Limited (Nominated
Adviser)
Matt Davis / James
Keeshan
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Tel: +44 (0) 203 368 3550
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Tavira Securities Limited (Broker)
Oliver Stansfield / Jonathan
Evans
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Tel: +44 (0) 203 192
1739
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Notes
The Company has acquired proven and
innovative prefabricated technology which has been in development
and commercial use since 2006. Eco Buildings' range of
prefabricated, green housing products based on glass fibre
reinforced gypsum panels ("GFRG") provides a construction solution
for both affordable and high-end housing.
Eco Buildings has already secured
two sales contracts with major construction companies, one in
Albania, the other in Kosovo, which are expected to generate gross
sales revenue of approximately €144 million over the first three
years following Admission.
The market share for factory-based
building technology is expected to grow significantly over the
coming years as private developers and the public sector seek to
address the substantial and growing deficit in housing stock and
issues of construction cost, speed and quality and housing
affordability.